The current director-general is Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of Ethiopia. It selects the director-general, sets goals and priorities, and approves the budget and activities. Its World Health Assembly, the agency's decision-making body, elects and advises an executive board made up of 34 health specialists. Its current priorities include communicable diseases, particularly HIV/AIDS, Ebola, COVID-19, malaria and tuberculosis non-communicable diseases such as heart disease and cancer healthy diet, nutrition, and food security occupational health and substance abuse. The WHO has played a leading role in several public health achievements, most notably the eradication of smallpox, the near- eradication of polio, and the development of an Ebola vaccine. The WHO also serves as a forum for discussions of health issues. A publication, the World Health Report, provides assessments of worldwide health topics. It provides technical assistance to countries, sets international health standards, and collects data on global health issues. It advocates that a billion more people should have: universal health care coverage, engagement with the monitoring of public health risks, coordinating responses to health emergencies, and promoting health and well-being. The WHO's mandate seeks and includes: working worldwide to promote health, keeping the world safe, and serve the vulnerable. Its work began in earnest in 1951 after a significant infusion of financial and technical resources. ![]() The WHO incorporated the assets, personnel, and duties of the League of Nations' Health Organization and the Office International d'Hygiène Publique, including the International Classification of Diseases (ICD). The first meeting of the World Health Assembly (WHA), the agency's governing body, took place on 24 July of that year. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, it has six regional offices and 150 field offices worldwide. ![]() ![]() The World Health Organization ( WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.
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